Pharmacological evaluation of vitamin D in COVID-19 and long COVID-19: Recent studies confirm clinical validation and highlight metformin to improve VDR …

AA Gomaa, YA Abdel-Wadood, RH Thabet… - …, 2024 - Springer
Nearly four years after its first appearance, and having gone from pandemic to endemic, the
SARS-CoV-2 remains out of control globally. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the …

Vitamin D: A key player in COVID-19 immunity and lessons from the pandemic to combat immune-evasive variants

H Sabit, S Abdel-Ghany, MS Abdallah… - …, 2024 - Springer
As of the 7th of July 2024, 775,754,322 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 7,053,902
deaths worldwide, had been reported to the WHO (World Health Organization) …

Long-COVID-19 in asymptomatic, non-hospitalized, and hospitalized populations: A cross-sectional study

A Bostanci, U Gazi, O Tosun, K Suer… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
A substantial proportion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors continue to
suffer from long-COVID-19 (LC) symptoms. Our study aimed to determine the risk factors for …

The Association of Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms with COVID-19 Severity

N Tentolouris, C Achilla, IA Anastasiou, I Eleftheriadou… - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Association studies of vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms with COVID-19
severity have produced inconsistent results in different populations. Herein we examined …

Effect of VDR and TLR2 gene variants on the clinical course of patients with COVID-19 disease

N Kuruca, A Atilla, MT Kaya… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has caused a major global
health crisis, primarily targets the upper and lower respiratory tract. But infected individuals …

The vitamin D binding protein gene polymorphism association with Covid-19-infected Iraqi patients

NA Abdulameer, M Eleroui, HH Nasser… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - cellmolbiol.org
Vitamin D deficiency, in general, is usually correlated with increased risks of chronic
pulmonary disease such as COVID-19 infection. However, the mechanisms are still …